Gender Roles

Gender roles begin as early as the choice between pink and blue. Where do gender roles come from? How do we acquire them? Do they vary by culture? And what role does the media play?

The following books are completely free to read in their entirety from August 2, 2002, through August 9, 2002, with a free trial account.

Gender Roles
  International Handbook on Gender Roles
       edited by Leonore Loeb Adler
  Adolescent Sex Roles and Social Change
       by Lloyd B. Lueptow
  Women and Men in Organizations: Sex and Gender Issues at Work
       by Jeanette N. Cleveland, Margaret Stockdale, & Kevin R. Murphy
  Current Conceptions of Sex Roles and Sex Typing: Theory and Research
       edited by D. Bruce Carter
  Sexual Rhetoric: Media Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender, and Identity
       edited by Meta G. Carstarphen & Susan C. Zavoina
  Sexual Archetypes, East and West
       edited by Bina Gupta

 

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